What mystery books do you like? I'm really fond of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books for light mystery reading. The American Girl mysteries are really fun to read too. I'm also going to try to read some Agatha Christie books too.

I'm definitely a Sherlock Holmes fan, and I'm also a fan of the Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer. Despite allegedly outgrowing them, I also enjoy the Baby-Sitters' Club Mysteries series; Ann M. Martin came up with some really good plots for some of those, and one of the Mystery Super Specials tied back to one of the books.

Nancy Drew will always have a special place in my heart, because it was the first mystery series I got into and they were the first chapter books that I started reading. Right now I'm only two books away from having all of the first 56 released by Grosset & Dunlap.

-Kim

_________________The Bible that is falling apart belongs to the person who isn't.

But nobody else is gonna put it right for me,Nobody but me is gonna change my story!Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty!

For anyone who is into romance novels and mysteries, the ...In Death series by J.D. Robb is good. She balances it so there's just enough romance so that it doesn't take away from the mystery and the plot of the book.

-Kim

_________________The Bible that is falling apart belongs to the person who isn't.

But nobody else is gonna put it right for me,Nobody but me is gonna change my story!Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty!

I've never heard of J.D. Robb, but I do like my mysteries with a romantic element, so I should check for them at the library!

Like others have mentioned, in my younger years I read lots of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, among other mystery books. I still enjoy reading some Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Supermystery books sometimes, because obviously the only thing better than a Nancy Drew book or a Hardy Boys book is having them together in the same splendiferous story! Did anybody else read the Ladd Family books or the Daring Adventures? I loved those as a kid, though I'm guessing that they wouldn't hold up by my current reading standards.

I haven't read any Sherlock Holmes books, but I should! I guess the number of mystery books I read depends on your definition of mysteries...I read lots of Christian fiction books with some mysterious element to figure out, but maybe they aren't precisely mystery novels. I do enjoy trying to figure things out, and it's always so rewarding to realize you guessed right, though it's also rewarding to read a book where it's so well written than you can't quite put all the pieces together.

Yay! I think they were geared more towards boys, so it's fun to find another girl who liked them. I didn't enjoy the last few in Alaska as much, but the Hawaii ones were a lot of fun! If I re-read them now, I doubt that I would find them as mysterious or as compelling or well-written but back in the day they were great!

I enjoy reading mysteries, but mostly not-so-well-known ones. When I was younger I liked to read the American Girl Mysteries, Encyclopedia Brown, and that sort of thing. One series that I am reading aloud with my younger sisters right now is the Red Rock Mystery Series.

I have... Survivor in Death, Three in Death (Three storied book), and I cna't remember the last one... I'm not exactly at home to look at what I have.

Three in Death is a good one to start, as it's a collection of three shorter stories as opposed to a full blown novel.

Of course my friend who got me into this series in the first place says that you're supposed to start at the first novel, Naked in Death, and work your way forward because that way all the references to earlier novels in the later novels will make sense. But I've never been one for being chronological, at least where my books are concerned...

-Kim

_________________The Bible that is falling apart belongs to the person who isn't.

But nobody else is gonna put it right for me,Nobody but me is gonna change my story!Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty!

Oh, I almost forgot about the Mandy books! I still own over 20 of them, and I loved those when I was younger too, Ruthie! I haven't read any in a long time, though. Maybe I should pick one up and see if it holds true to my childhood memories.

I don't think Trixie Belden books have been mentioned yet - those were similar to Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books in the sense that there was a teen who ends up in all these mysterious scenarios with her family and friends and enjoys the detective work. I really enjoyed those - I think I read almost all of them, and I own a bunch that are sitting in a box somewhere. Good times!

Oh, I knew that only one College Days series book was published (though I never read it, since that was past when I was done with the other books) but I didn't know why. It's always sad to hear about deaths.

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